Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of OsijekFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Place

Osijek

State

Croatia

Scientific field, discipline, subdiscipline

SOCIAL SCIENCESPsychologySchool Psychology and the Psychology of Education

Study programme type

university

Study level

graduate

Study programme

Psychology (single major); specializations in: Teacher Training

Study specialization

Teacher Training

Academic title abbreviation

mag. psych.

Genre

master's thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2016-09-28

Parallel abstract (English)

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perfectionism, self-efficacy and academic procrastination and to examine the possibility of predicting academic procrastination trough dimension of perfectionism and self-efficacy. A sample of 227 male and female second and third year undergraduated students od different collages in Osijek participated in this study. The following instruments were used: Tuckman Procrastination Scale, Almost Perfect Scale Revised, General Self-efficacy Scale. The results of this study indicate that academic procrastination is in negative correlation with adaptive perfectionism and self-efficacy and positive relationship maladaptive perfectionism and academic procrastination, confirming first two hypothesis. Results also confirmed third hypothesis, showing positive correlation between adaptive perfectionism and self-efficacy, and negative relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and self-efficacy. Second hypothesis is partly confirmed, respectively positive predictor of academic procrastination was maladaptive perfectionism while negative predictor of academic procrastination is adaptive perfectionism but self-efficacy was not significant predictor of academic procrastination.